Its spokeswoman, Isabel Celaá, said that the executive "rejects the fact that the figure of the king is questioned in political debates."

"The government considers that questioning the king is beyond the functions given to regional parliaments," she added, calling the resolution "unacceptable."

Motion against king

The motion was proposed by the left-wing Catalunya en Comú-Podem (CatECP) coalition and passed with votes from Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) and Esquerra Republicana (ERC), the two main pro-independence parties and government partners.

The parties that voted in favor of the motion criticized King Felipe VI for his speech on October 3, 2017, in which he took the Catalan government to task for organizing a referendum on independence that had been deemed illegal, and made no mention of police violence against voters.

The resolution also reasserted support for “republican values" and the abolishing of “an outdated and anti-democratic institution like the monarchy."